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The Declining Reputation Of Affirmative Action

Missouri, you will recall, is the state where obstructionism by the Democratic Secretary of State and Attorney General, later declared illegal, and thuggish intimidation of petition signers succeeded in keeping the Missouri Civil Rights Initiative off the ballot this year. It is easy to understand why supporters of racial preferences were so afraid to give […]

Where Are The Liberals When You Need Them? Not In Missouri…

At their best, liberals have defended free speech for those with whom they disagree; defended the rights of workers to organize even when they didn’t like the unions the workers were likely to choose; and defended voter registration drives even if they suspected the newly registered voters would support candidates the liberals opposed. Liberalism, that […]

An “Equal Playing Field“?

Most defenders of racial preference insist, against all available current evidence, that they believe in the ideal of colorblind equality, in the principle that everyone should be treated “without regard” to race, ethnicity, etc., but they immediately set their professed dedication to that principle aside by maintaining that it is impractical to implement that principle […]

Univ. of Missouri Officials Worried…

… that Missouri voters might eliminate their ability to engage in racial discrimination, i.e., “diversity efforts.” Ann Korschgen, vice provost for enrollment management, recently told the MU faculty council that “a referendum on the ballot in November that would not allow race to be considered in enrollment decisions” would present an “enrollment challenge.” “We’re concerned […]

Are Africans “Diverse”? Not In Missouri…

Missouri is one of five states that may have a civil rights initiative, barring racial and ethnic preferences, on its ballot in November 2008. Supporters of race preferences, i.e., opponents of colorblind, neutral, non-discrimination, have so far been unable to decide whether to criticize the proposed initiative by claiming that the state of Missouri has […]

Outrageous Official Misconduct In Missouri II

The outrageous official misconduct in Missouri, first mentioned here, continues apace. But now it is coming to light, such as in this skewering by the Wall Street Journal’s John Fund. Fund quotes Ward Connerly observing that the behavior by Missouri Secretary of State Robin Carnahan and Attorney General (and gubernatorial candidate) Jay Nixon, both Democrats, […]

Missouri UPDATE

Please see my just-posed UPDATE to Outrageous Official Misconduct In Missouri below.

The Missouri Press: Self-Censorship Or Merely Asleep At The Switch?

On Thursday I published a post on Outrageous Official Misconduct in Missouri. If you haven’t read it, please do so now. As noted in my earlier post, Secretary of State Robin Carnahan has a legal obligation (Missouri Revised Statutes, Section 116.025) to prepare ballot language that is “true and impartial” and that is “neither intentionally […]

Outrageous Official Misconduct In Missouri

Missouri has always prided itself on being the “Show Me” state. Robin Carnahan, the Missouri Secretary of State, even has a web page explaining the origins of that semi-official sobriquet. Now, however, Ms. Carnahan has given an entirely new meaning to that term: by flagrantly violating her official responsibility, she has shown that Missouri officials […]

Good News From Missouri

Linn County, Missouri, population 13,754, is in the north-central part of the state. According to this encouraging article in the Linn County News, a large majority of respondents to its recent reader poll oppose racial and gender preferences. Seventy-one percent of LCL readers responding to the poll “strongly disagree” with the statement “as a hiring […]